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JLPT N5 · Noun

外 (soto)

外 (そと, soto) is a Japanese noun meaning “outside; exterior”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
そと
Romaji
soto
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. outside; exterior · noun
  2. the open (air) · noun
  3. other place; somewhere else; outside one's group (family, company, etc.) · noun

Example sentences

あるものの意味がわかるためには、そのものの外に出て、離れたところからそれを経験することができなければならない。
You have to be outside something, able to experience it from a distance, before it makes sense.
Tatoeba #229919
いつもと変えてたまに外で食事しよう。
Let's occasionally change where we go to eat out.
Tatoeba #228760
うちはうち、そとはそと。
Our house, our rules.
Tatoeba #74881

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 外

外
outsideガイ・ゲ・そと・ほか · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 外.

外国がいこくforeign country外国人がいこくじんforeigner郊外こうがいsuburb以外いがいexcluding案外あんがいunexpectedly意外いがいunexpected海外かいがいforeign外交がいこうdiplomacy外出がいしゅつgoing out例外れいがいexception外すはずすto remove外れるはずれるto be disconnected屋外おくがいoutdoors外部がいぶoutside (e.g. of a building)

Source: JMdict entry 1203250 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.